Studying Psychosocial Barriers to Drug Treatment Among Chinese Methamphetamine Users Using A 3-Step Latent Class Analysis

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Given the growth in methamphetamine use in China during the 21st century, we assessed perceived psychosocial barriers to drug treatment among this population. Using a sample of 303 methamphetamine users recruited via Respondent Driven Sampling, we use Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to identify possible distinct latent groups among Chinese methamphetamine users on the basis of their perceptions of psychosocial barriers to drug treatment. After covariates were included to predict latent class membership, the 3-step modeling approach was applied. Our findings indicate that the Chinese methamphetamine using population was heterogeneous on perceptions of drug treatment barriers; four distinct latent classes (subpopulations) were identified--Unsupported Deniers, Deniers, Privacy Anxious, and Low Barriers--and individual characteristics shaped the probability of class membership. Efforts to link Chinese methamphetamine users to treatment may require a multi-faceted approach that attends to differing perceptions about impediments to drug treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

Journal of substance abuse treatment - 62(2016) vom: 06. März, Seite 89-95

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Jichuan [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, Brian C [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tieqiao [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

44RAL3456C
Barriers
China
Drug treatment
Journal Article
Methamphetamine
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 24.10.2016

Date Revised 30.12.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jsat.2015.11.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM256208514